MyMC Course Tools Tutorial

MyMC Course Tools Tutorial
by Gloria Barron
Distance Education
and Learning Technologies
This tutorial is an adaptation of MyMC Course Tools Faculty Guidebook.
Montgomery College, Maryland
Rockville - Takoma Park/Silver Spring - Germantown
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• Login to MyMC
• For First‐time MyMC Users
• What is MyMC?
• My Courses Tab
• Course Home page
• Faculty User Interface
• Exploring the Content Tools
• News
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Photos
Links
Files Message Board
Announcements
Email
Chat
Frequently Asked Questions
Login to MyMC
To login to MyMC, launch a Web browser and enter http://www.montgomerycollege.edu
(Montgomery College home page) as the URL/Web address, then click the yellow button
labeled MyMC at the top of the page.
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Login to MyMC
Enter your MyMC ID and password in the appropriate fields and
click the Submit button
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For First-time MyMC Users
Find your MyMC ID and create your password:
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Click on Find your MyMC ID on the Login screen
In the ID field, enter one of the following options:
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In the PIN field, enter your PIN number:
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Your college-issued ID (M number)
Web application login ID
Social Security number.
Your birth date in the format, MM/DD/YY
Answer security questions and create a password.
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What is MyMC?
Navigation
Tabs
Channel
MyMC is Montgomery College’s
campus portal. It is a content
management system that facilitates
quick, college-wide communications
and collaboration.
MyMC ties all the College’s existing
Web systems together (i.e., MCInfonet,
Montgomery College website, Banner
Web, and WebCT).
Access to the system is granted to all users with a MyMC ID, and the system is available
from any location with an Internet connection.
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My Courses Tab
All the courses and sections you are
teaching are listed on the My Courses
tab under the heading “Courses I’m
Teaching”.
This information is populated from the
college’s registration system, Banner.
Students are automatically enrolled
into each of the courses. The Banner
system populates the site with their
MyMC user ID’s and other pertinent
information upon registration.
All the courses and sections you are teaching are listed on the My Courses tab
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Course Home Page
Upon entering a course, you will see the Course Home page.
Within the course site, the faculty role has four main navigation sections.
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Faculty User Interface
Course Tools
Content Tools
Configuration Tools
Personal Tools
Faculty Role
Student Role
The left navigation bar in the faculty user interface has significantly more options
than that in the student user interface because the faculty role manages content on
the site, while students only view and submit content to the site.
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Exploring the Content Tools
 Manage News
 Manage Photos
 Manage Links
 Manage Files
 Manage Message Board
 Manage Announcements
Course Tools Content Tools
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News
Use News to . . .
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Have students post a summary of a
reading assignment before coming
to class
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Have students submit and share
group project submissions
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Display models of excellent work
(e.g., “This student used the form
and content I was looking for . . .”)
Course News appears on the News section of the
course site .
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Manage News
To post an article in the news section,
follow the steps below:
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The faculty role can post and manage news articles.
The student role can view news articles and submit news articles. Student‐submitted news is reviewed by the faculty role and is either activated or deleted from the course site.
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Click on Manage News in the Content
Tools section of the left navigation bar
Click Post a New Article
Select a posting status from the dropdown Status menu (Active or Inactive)
Select Article Uses Rick Text if you plan
to add special formatting to the article
Add a title for your article in the Title
field and add your article to the News
Article field
Click Post and the article will be posted
to the course site
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Photos
Use Photos to . . .
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Share student work (i.e., scan and
upload artwork, hand drawings).
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Have students submit (and share)
photos gathered as part of a group
project
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Prompt student creative writing
assignments
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Display models of excellent artwork
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Post trivia questions to keep your
students engaged and to expand
their learning
Course Photos appear on the Photos section of the
course site.
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Manage Photos
To post a photo in the Photos section,
follow the steps below:
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The faculty role can post and manage photos (in a manner similar to Course News). The student role can view and submit photos. Student‐submitted photos are reviewed by the faculty role and are either activated or deleted from the course site.
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Click on Manage Photos in the Content
Tools section of the left navigation bar.
Click Post a New Photo
Select a posting status from the dropdown Status menu. Click on Browse and
find the location of the photo you wish to
upload
Add a title for your photo in the Title field
and add your caption to the Photo
Caption field
Click Post and the photo will be posted to
the course site.
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Links
Use Links to:
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Connect your students to your
individual or departmental Web site
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Have students submit (and share)
Web resources gathered individually
or as part of a group project
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Assign extension assignments (use
links to museums, science labs, etc)
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List class resources (if your list is
lengthy, consider typing links on a
Word document and posting the Word
file to the Files section of the course
site)
Links appear on the Links section of the course
site.
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Manage Links
To post a link in the Links section, follow
The steps below:
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The faculty role can post and manage links (in a manner similar to Course News and Photos). The student role can view and submit links. Student‐submitted links are reviewed by the faculty role and are either activated or deleted from the course site.
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Click on Manage Links in the Content
Tools section
Click Post a New Link
Select a posting status from the dropdown Status menu
Add a title for your link in the Title field,
a Web address in the URL field, and
add your link description to the Link
Description field.
Click Post and the link will be posted to
the course site
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Files
Use Files to . . .
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Some common file extensions:
.doc (Microsoft Word)
.xls (Microsoft Excel)
.ppt (Microsoft PowerPoint)
.pdf (Adobe Acrobat).
Post supplemental readings for
students
Provide students with the course
syllabus, written assignments, project
guidelines, etc.
Have students submit (and share)
files.
Collect assignments from students.
You can also…
 Create a Subfolder
 Create a Level Two Subfolder
(a subfolder within a subfolder)
 Rename a Subfolder
 Delete a Subfolder
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Manage Files
To add a file to a folder, follow the steps
below:
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The faculty role can post and manage files (and folders). The student role can view files and submit them. Student‐submitted files are reviewed by the faculty role and are either activated or deleted from the course site.
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Click on Manage Files in the Content
Tools section of the left navigation bar.
You will see a yellow folder with your
course name on it
Click on the folder or subfolder to which
you want to add the file. It will now be
highlighted in yellow
Click on the Browse button located to
the right of the Add New File field
Locate the file on your computer or
storage device that you want to post,
click on it, then click Open. The name
of your file will appear in the Add New
File field
Click the Add New File button to the
right of the Add New File field
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Message Board
Use the Message Board to . . .
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Post open-ended questions that
elicit conversation about a courserelated topic
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Host a question and answer forum
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Have students post responses to
readings prior to coming to class
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Have students introduce
themselves to the class
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Announcements
Use Announcements to:
Announcements appear in the Announcements section of the
course site
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Welcome your students to the course
at the beginning of the semester.
For example, “Welcome to
EN101. Our first class will be this
coming Monday at 2 p.m. in HU
313, Rockville campus.”
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Orient your students to the location of
important information on the course
site.
For example, “You can find the
course syllabus in the ‘Files’
section of this course site.”
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Post last-minute changes to your office
hours.
Announcements also appear in the Announcements Channel on the MyMC
Home tab. The most recent announcement is at the top of the list.
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Manage Announcements
To send an announcement, follow the steps
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Click on Manage Announcements in the
Content Tools section of the left
navigation bar.
Click on New Announcement.
Add a title to your announcement in the
Title field and add your message to the
Announcement field.
Change the number of days
announcement should remain active.
Click Send and the announcement will be
posted to the course site.
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Email
Use Email to . . .
 Provide written feedback to
individual students.
 Send project-related information to
specific groups of students.
 Facilitate student-student and
student-instructor interaction
outside of class.
An email message can contain up to five separate
attachments.
Each attachment cannot exceed 1,229K in size
Total size of all attachments combined cannot
exceed 3,901 K.
 Deliver time-sensitive courserelated announcements and/or
files.
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Email
Access Email Sent to You
To read email sent to you by students in your course, open a new browser window
and go to the Montgomery College Web Mail account at:
http://mcmail.montgomerycollege.edu
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Chat
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The Course Chat section of the
course site facilitates synchronous
communication among the
students and the instructor. It is a
live chat room where all users “talk”
to one another via text, so all
participants need to be in the chat
room on the same day and at the
same time.
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Upon entering the Course Chat
room, the list of users is displayed
on the right-hand side of the chat
area. This list shows each user who
is participating in the chat. Students
can enter the Course Chat room
and chat among themselves without
the presence of the instructor.
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Use Chat to:
 Facilitate communications between
students assigned to work on group
projects
 Hold informal office hours
 Conduct an online test review
session before an exam.
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“Talk” in the Chat Room
To contribute to a chat room discussion,
follow the steps below:
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Click on Chat in the Course Tools
section of the left navigation bar.
The Course Chat room will pop up.
Type your message in the field
named, “Type your message here,
and hit the return key”.
Hit the enter key on your keyboard
and your message will be added to
the chat.
Whisper in the Chat Room
To type a secret message to a selection of user(s) in the
Course Chat room is to “whisper.” Users not selected to
receive the “whispered” message will never know that you
sent it.
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Is there additional training online for MyMC
Course Tools?
Yes, MyMC Course Tools is offered online for Professional
Development credit. Visit the PDS to register for the next
online workshop.
http://pds.montgomerycollege.edu
A copy of the Faculty Guidebook can also be downloaded.
It can be found under Guides and Tutorials from:
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/learningtechnologies
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I am ready for a more sophisticated course
management tool. Who do I contact?
Blackboard is the College’s Learning Management
System for distance and blended courses. For
information, contact the Office of Distance Education
and Learning Technologies (DELT) at 240-567-6000 or
dl@montgomerycollege.edu.
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